Re: [Evolution-hackers] "Edit As New Message"

[William Jon McCann <mccannwj pha jhu edu>]

Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 14:57 -0400, William Jon McCann wrote:
>
> > Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> >
> > > the rationale is:
> > >
> > > - if it's not sent by you, then you shouldn't be editing it
> >
> > What is your reasoning?
>
> do you edit magazine articles you get in the mail? no.

If I am a copy editor I do...  Evolution isn't in the business of 
copyright law.  There are people here who use this function all the time 
(and legally).  It can be used for ad hoc collaboration by bouncing an 
edited message back and forth.  It can be used to forward messages after 
editing out unnecessary noise.  It can be used to forward and/or save 
messages without large attachments.

Those are some of my reasons for asking.

> if you didn't write it, it's not yours to edit.

That just doesn't seem correct at all.

> > > - evolution's composer is not capable of handling all mime structures
> > > (it's an impossible task)
> > >
> > > also, there exists an option Actions->Forward->Redirect for at least
> > > some of the needs you brought up.
> > >
> > > a possible work-around for your "I store my sent mail and/or templates
> > > in other fodlers sometimes" could be to tag them with the \Drafts flag
> > > and have Evolution check that rather than simply limiting to Sent/Drafts
> > > folders for "Edit as New" functionality.
> >
> > Another thing that I've seen many people using "Edit as New" for is 
> > saving messages after removing large attachments.  Is there another way 
> > to do this?
>
>
> this is no reason to change the behaviour of Edit-as-New

I guess I don't even deserve a complete sentence.  Thanks.

Jon